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W. HUNTERi SAD IRON. No. 477,660, Patented June 28, 18.92.

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TILLIAM HUNTER, OF I-IAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF NINE-SIXTEENTI-IS TO IIATTIE L. PLACE.

ELKIINS AND RIIFUS P. TAPLEY, JR., OF SAME SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,660, dated June 28,1892. Application tiled September 10, 1891. Serial No. 405,262. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM HUNTER, a subject of the Queen ot' GreatBritain, formerly of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, but now residing atHaverhill, in the county of Essex and State ot' Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and I dohereby declare the following to be atull, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention,

ro such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in sad-irons; andit consists in` providing' the ironing-face proper with separableremovable ribs and in the means for securing said ribs in position.

Figure l is a perspective View showing the smooth or polishingironing-surfaces in place. Figs. 2 and 2f" are fragmentarycross-sections zo through the lower ironing-surface, showing differentarrangements of the flush and ribbed strips. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveView of the preferred form of the rear ironing-plate provided withflirting-ribs.

In the drawings,A represents the body portion having tapering sides,which converge at the forward ends to a point a.

B is a handle secured to the upper part of the body portion, said handlebeing provided 3o with any suitable non-heat-conducting material b, asshown.

C indicates the horizontal dovetailed grooves in the lowerironing-surface.

D and D indicate strips adapted to slide in the dovetail grooves of theiron, the former of which being of such height as to be Hush with theironing-surface when inserted, and the latter being provided with ribscl, which ribbedstrips may be substituted for the flush 4o strips toadapt the iron to a particular class of work. This interchangeability ofthe strips is fully illustrated in Figs. 2 and 2a. In Fig.

2 is represented a central strip provided with a rib, the other beingflush, and in Fig. 2 the central strip is flush and the others ribbed.It will also be noticed that the central strip may be removed and theiron successfully op erated on articles which have projecting buttons orother projecting parts, said parts being allowed free passage throughthe ironingsurface of the iron through the medium of the dovetailgroove, the iron passing on both sides of the projection. To retainthese strips in place, I may provide suitable means on the detachablepiece at the rear of the iron, such as shown in Fig. 3, which consistsin forming cross-grooves on the rear ends of the strips and a tongue onthe lower edge of the detachable ironing-plate, said tongue adapted toenter the cross-grooves in the ends of the strips and thereby lock thesame in place. It is also obvious that the strips may be made of softermaterial than the body portion of the iron, which is generally formed ofcast-iron-such, for instance, as brass, copper, tbc-and said material,being more readily infiuenced by heat in the same space of time as thebody of the iron, will expand, and thereby retain themselves inposition.

E indicates the detachable ironing-surface at the rear of the iron, saidpart being provided With a tongue adapted to t in a crossgroove in therear face of the iron, as shown, and thereby retain the part E in place.

E represents a similar part provided. with a like tongue adapted toiitin the cross-groove of the iron and is provided with a convexed outersurface, upon which is formed ribs, whereby a flirting-surface isformed.

I am aware that many minor changes may be made in the construction andarrangement of my device and substituted for those herein shown anddescribed without in the least departing from the nature and principleof my inven tien.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. An iron provided on its face with separable removable ribs,substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. An iron provided With dovetailed grooves in its face andinterchangeable strips adapted to be secured in said grooves, wherebyribs maybe formed on portions of the ironing-face, leaving the remainingportions smooth or unobstructed, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

3. An iron provided with longitudinal dovev'failed grooves in its face,strips conforming in cross-section to the contour of the grooves, andribs on the faces of said strips, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed. i

4. In an iron, the combination of the body portion having grooves in itslower face, strips in said grooves, said strips being provided withcross-grooves in their rear ends, and a 1o removable ironing-plate onthe rear of the iron, provided with a tenen on its lower edge adapted toslide in the cross-grooves in Jhe strips, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my sign ature in r 5 presence of nwoWitnesses.

WILLIAM HUNTER. Vitnesses: RUFUs P. TAPLEY, Jr.,

WILLIAM H. TRUDEL.

